ABNY is donating 500 AirTags so the NYPD can distribute them to car owners to help prevent car theft in the city.
, vehicle theft is up 13% citywide compared to the same period last year, with nearly 4,500 vehicles reported stolen.
While we heard several stories of people placing AirTags in cars to help prevent theft, this time, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell is also advising New York citizens to get an AirTag. “Your phone will be alerted. You know someone’s in your car who’s not supposed to be, and/or it’s stolen. You call 911 as fast as you can. You tell the officers involved, ‘I have an AirTag, ‘and they will immediately, with citywide apprehension apparatus will, start putting that tag citywide.
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